Chinese symbol for “scraps”
零碎
líng suì
scattered and fragmentary; scraps; odds and ends
The closest CC-CEDICT match for scraps is 零碎 (líng suì), defined as: scattered and fragmentary; scraps; odds and ends.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “scraps”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 下脚料 (下腳料) | xià jiǎo liào | remnants of material from an industrial process; offcut |
| 料头 (料頭) | liào tóu | remainder of cloth; scraps |
| 末屑 | mò xiè | bits; scraps |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 零碎.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 零售 | líng shòu | to retail; to sell in small quantities |
| 零件 | líng jiàn | part; component |
| 零部件 | líng bù jiàn | spare part; component |
| 零星 | líng xīng | fragmentary; piecemeal; in bits and pieces; sporadic; scattered |
| 零食 | líng shí | snack; nibbles |
| 零钱 (零錢) | líng qián | change (of money); small change |
| 碎片 | suì piàn | chip; fragment; splinter; tatter |
| 粉碎 | fěn suì | to crush; to smash; to shatter |
See also: Japanese symbol for “scraps”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.